Pastor Eric Eric graduated from Bethel College and, after working at Camp Shamineau for a year, and beginning in 2002, served for seven years as Associate Pastor of Youth at Lincoln Evangelical Free Church in Cushing, Minn. While there, he was called and affirmed to be the first pastor of Lifespring Reformed Baptist Church, in 2009.

Is was during his years as a youth pastor that Eric was indtoduced wonderful Christian brothers and preachers — Beginning with John Piper, CJ Mahaney, John MacArthur, RC Sproul, Michael Horton and Steve Lawson, and now Douglas Wilson, Joe Boot, and Ardel Caneday and P. Andrew Sandin — that Eric became humbled and gripped by the glorious convictions of God’s Sovereignty and the Supremacy of Christ in all things…and the sufficiency of the Bible to reform all of life and ministry.

Eric enjoys reading (especially history and biographies), thrifting with Miriam, broomball, running and hanging out with people.

Eric is married to Miriam and they have Nine children, a son-in-law and two granddaughters.